Nude Figure on Hands and Knees (Executioner)
Rodin rarely included any setting or background in his drawings of female nudes. This example, however, belongs to a series in which he played with the aqueous quality of the watercolor medium to suggest a marine environment. He seems to have enjoyed the blotches and tide lines created by using too much water on his brush, actively seeking this effect in a number of drawings. This work was a gift to the Museum by Thomas Fortune Ryan, who also donated "Beside the Sea" (11.173.5), a marble sculpture of a similar subject.
Artwork Details
- Title: Nude Figure on Hands and Knees (Executioner)
- Artist: Auguste Rodin (French, Paris 1840–1917 Meudon)
- Date: 1900–1910
- Medium: Graphite with stumping and watercolor
- Dimensions: 9 3/4 x 12 13/16 in. (24.8 x 32.5 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Gift of Thomas F. Ryan, 1913
- Object Number: 13.164.1
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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Auguste Rodin
modeled probably before 1889, cast before 1912
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